I’m a Sara Ackerman completist, and Radar Girls is unputdownable and my favorite of her stories.

Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman

Genre/Categories/Setting: Historical Fiction, WWII, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Women’s Fiction, Women’s Air Raid Defense, Friendship

Welcome to #ThrowBackThursday where I highlight an older review or post a current review of a backlist title. Today, I’m sharing a compelling and page–turning WWII histfic, Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman.

I’m linking up with Davida @ The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog for #ThrowbackThursday.

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My Summary:

Inspired by real women of the Women’s Air Raid Defense (WARD) during WW11, Radar Girls is the story of new recruits and unsung heroes. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Daisy, a gifted horse trainer, enlists in a top secret program that recruits women to replace men who have joined the war. Their high stakes assignment is to guide pilots into blacked-out airstrips and track unidentified planes over the Pacific Ocean. The young women face many challenges including forming a team, working in a male-dominated field, facing unequal treatment of women, and surviving a war.